News - Book Launches

News - Book Launches

FOOD WHORE by Jessica Tom
July 31, 2015

Jessica Tom’s debut novel received a positive review in Kirkus Reviews. The reviews says “the book speeds along with enough intrigue and excitement to keep any reader hooked… A fun and compulsively readable look at a woman’s journey into the underbelly of the New York food scene.” William Morrow will publish the book on October 27, 2015…...

BORN ON THE BAYOU by Blaine Lourd
July 31, 2015

In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer and The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr, Blaine Lourd’s Born on the Bayou is a powerful gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana. Gallery Books will publish the memoir on 8/18/2015....

CROOKED by Austin Grossman
July 31, 2015

The real cold war was the living against the dead. Austin Grossman, author of SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE and YOU, reimagines the ultimate American antihero in CROOKED. You don’t know jack about Dick. Mulholland Books published in hardcover July 28, 2015…..

THE OTHER SERIOUS by Christy Wampole
July 10, 2015

Subtitled ESSAYS FOR THE NEW AMERICAN GENERATION, this original collection of incandescent cultural criticism, both experimental and personal, full of pragmatic advice for how to live a considered, joyful existence in our era of screen living and hipster irony, by Gen-X Princeton professor and contributor to The New York Times, Christy Wampole, was published by Harper July 7, 2015.

Ann Beattie, THE STATE WE’RE IN
July 7, 2015

Ann Beattie’s latest book was named by The Millions website as one of the most anticipated books for the second half of 2015, which call Ann Beattie “a short-story master”. Scribner will publish the book on August 11, 2015. CLICK ABOVE FOR MORE INFORMATION

CROOKED by Austin Grossman
June 26, 2015

Heralded in a starred Library Journal review as “More believable than the truth…ingenious” Austin Grossman’s insightful political thriller is available now for pre-order. Mulholland Books publishes the hardcover July 28, 2015.

A COLDER WAR by Charles Cumming
June 26, 2015

As Library Journal noted, “With well-developed, complex characters and plenty of details about spycraft, it's a perfect summer read for fans of Stella Rimington and John le Carré.” St. Martin's Griffin published the paperback edition June 20, 2015.

THE GIRL WHO SLEPT WITH GOD by Val Brelinski
June 22, 2015

Val Brelinski’s THE GIRL WHO SLEPT WITH GOD was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, which said, “Intriguing…in her debut novel, Brelinski makes Jory’s solitude nearly palpable and dissects the dynamics of family…the result is fascinating.” Brelinski also published an essay in the magazine about blending fiction with her own fundamentalist Christian upbringing. Viking publishes the book on August 4, 2015.

THE SCARLET GOSPELS by Clive Barker
May 29, 2015

Clive Barker’s new novel will debut at number 9 on the Hardcover New York Times Bestseller list for the week of June 9th. The book was also named one of the “11 Audiobooks you’ll want to ‘read’ this summer by the Los Angeles Times. St. Martin’s Press published the book on May 19, 2015.

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS by David McCullough
May 29, 2015

David McCullough’s new book will remain at number 1 on both the Combined Print and E-book Non-Fiction and Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestseller lists at the New York Times for the week of March 31st. The book was also named one of the “11 Audiobooks you’ll want to ‘read’ this summer by the Los Angeles Times and the author was also interviewed by The New York Times for their “By the Book” column. Simon and Schuster published the book on May 5, 2015.